Texas Sen. John Cornyn joined several Republicans voicing their opposition to President Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez as the new Labor Secretary. In a speech on the Senate floor, Cornyn criticized Perez’s leadership at the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, saying he has a record of political discrimination. “So instead of upholding […]
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Texas on the Potomac welcomes guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we offer you a column by Matt Angle, founder of the Lone Star Project. This commentary first appeared on the Texas Tribune website. Redistricting fights are a lot like cicadas — they emerge every 10 years. They’re ugly and loud and get […]
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Beaumont lawyers are engaged in a bitter legal batter far from home in Washington, D.C. While filing their briefs for a D.C. case alleging voting rights violations, lawyers for some school board candidates have filed a separate suit over the canceled May Beaumont election, alleging the school board did not have legal authority to cancel […]
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Our Houston Chronicle colleague Jeannie Kever wrote a fascinating story today explaining how the Houston area is now the most diverse region in the country — even surpassing New York. But that just made us think of something else that has not kept up with the times. The region’s congressional delegation. Despite the fact that […]
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Texas on the Potomac regularly shares with you the work of some of Hearst Newspapers’ best columnists. Today, we are pleased to share with you this commentary by San Antonio Express-News columnist O. Ricardo Pimentel. There is a telling paragraph in the U.S. District Court opinion last year that found Texas deliberately discriminated against minorities […]
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A key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act became a target Wednesday of conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court who questioned whether it remains constitutional or unfairly targets mostly Southern states. Chief Justice John Roberts voiced skepticism that only certain states remain covered despite progress and racial electoral gains, while other states have never […]
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TexMessage Tuesday, January 29 Good morning, TexMessagers! Does the gerrymandering by Texas Republicans bother you? TEXclusive Lloyd Doggett’s oddly shaped congressional district made a cameo appearance in a New York Times article on gerrymandering. Sam Wang, who has made accurate election predictions at the Princeton Election Consortium, wrote: “Democrats received 1.4 million more votes for […]
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The Lone Star Project premiered this video at its rollicking Sunday afternoon event at Hill Country Barbecue in downtown Washington. Texas Democrats haven’t had a lot to cheer about in recent years. As San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is quick to remind you, the political score in Texas is 29-0. In favor of the Republicans. […]
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This has been a record-breaking year for Texas on the Potomac. We had our first million hit month in August (thank you, GOP convention) and then followed it up with our all-time high of 1.4 million page views in November. Here is our salute to the Texas politicians who made it all possible. This is […]
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